Publications, Presentations, and Exhibits
“A Packet of Mutilated Scraps:” The Ghostly Narratives of The Woman of Colour
December 2026 (forthcoming) - Paper in Women’s Writing, special issue on women, enslavement, and race
‘Each Picture Told a Story’: Text Objects and Art in Jane Eyre
January 2026 - Panel presentation at 2026 Modern Language Association Convention
Jane Austen’s Byron: Copying the Gothic
July 2025 - Panel presentation at The Global Jane Austen Conference, University of Southampton
Pockets, Riddles, and Ciphers: Between Books and Bodies in Jane Austen’s Emma
July 2025 - Paper published in Persuasions: The Jane Austen Journal No. 46
More Than Human: Agencies of Embodiment in the UT-Austin Zine Collection
Spring 2025 - Exhibition at UT-Austin Fine Arts Library, co-curated with Koan Brink. Also presented at Mindings: An Interdisciplinary Symposium at the University of Texas.
Jane Austen: The Makings of a Young Bookmaker
October 2024 - Presentation at Jane Austen Society of North America Annual General Meeting, Cleveland
Publication & Prejudice
2021 - Online exhibition in collaboration with Yale University Libraries
Selected Recognitions
1
Donald D. Harrington Fellowship
Merit fellowship awarded by University of Texas at Austen to fund a PhD in English literature (2024-2029)
2
King's-Yale Fellowship
Merit fellowship awarded by King’s College Cambridge to fund a masters’ degree in English literature
(2021-2022)
3
Chauncey Brewster Tinker Prize
Prize awarded by Yale University English department annually to “an outstanding senior in English” (2021)
The Life of a Book Project
For many years, I’ve been fascinated with the “life cycle” of a book: the steps it takes to go from idea to object and (sometimes) back again. I’ve gained hands-on experience with as many of these steps as possible.
Writing
As an undergraduate at Yale I concentrated in writing with a focus on creative nonfiction. I took advanced classes and independent studies with Louise Glück, Anne Fadiman, and Verlyn Klinkenborg.
Bookbinding
As vice president of the Yale Guild of Bookmakers I led workshops in printing and became a “master bookbinder.” The criteria were generous: I am in fact a mediocre (though enthusiastic) bookbinder.
Scholarship
B.A., Yale University, 2021
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MPhil, University of Cambridge, 2022
Editing
Writing Partner, Poorvu Center for Teaching and Learning, 2019-2021
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Writing Coach and Editor, Gilliam Writers Group,
2022-Present
Publishing
Sales Intern, Yale University Press, 2019
Archival Work
Intern, Chawton House Library, 2017
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Research Assistant, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, 2019-2021
Printing
Art of the Printed Word, letterpress printing class taught by Richard Rose, 2019
​Fun fact: The expression “out of sorts” means you’ve run out of a particular piece of print—a letter or a piece of punctuation.
Bookselling
Bookseller, Belmont Books, 2022-2023
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Not-very-fun Fact: If you ever look at the back of a book and see a triangle with an “S” inside it, that means the book is not worth the cost of its shipping. If it does not sell, it will be destroyed.
Preservation
Conservation and Preservation Intern, Massachusetts Historical Society, 2023-2024